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& K8 _0 \+ u* |* Z: }2 PBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not
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companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of 2 e1 g7 i/ x& V- Q+ M; w' t
these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
4 |& u$ ]$ l% S- o$ K5 o0 Acrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
/ ]) O: q0 @3 k8 M2 REXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few / @2 X9 k) d* w) G, Z  Y
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan. 0 K0 p- T) L6 c! g5 `
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at & `" h8 O  X' T% @; Z' J0 b* e
least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face 0 }% D! t  q9 Y: I( m5 c. x  }8 m+ p" ^
of so much news. These reasons are: $ h7 U$ @' i3 @; o
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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and ( j4 F" `' }% R5 I! w& T. ?
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
* f. J5 Q( p9 k' M/ n$ X% LThis is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
; H. A; k* B7 m4 o+ n: n& a. Jbeing used to double their output.
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: H1 G/ m* k4 E; P# Z4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
" i- w1 I3 |! {$ vfuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
. n) T6 n$ J  n0 z! Lpotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are : @1 H  o1 {/ [3 f8 r
racing to produce bio fuels.
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' q2 z' \0 T# p2 r5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants
2 ^6 Z/ N+ Z0 D- D0 T! C& bare now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork, ) h4 T! T/ R6 G5 Q$ J+ }
cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat " g6 S- d# n1 D" R# H
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
# P+ |& b4 H4 j+ D7 r  E' k4 t' {producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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; \& o. \/ L8 _5 y# @6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and
2 q2 v( F8 V6 y5 y& r* A# h% sconstruction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are 0 [4 ]# ?9 c- O  M4 W1 f$ f! E% S
expected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce   {' Y  U1 `; @# h9 y; z
will replace oil.
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
: q2 T$ d' @& u" z3 Y$ s6 D# ?older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
& o0 {2 I1 p' C; M# w# N8 wwith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies , j- K8 i8 _0 U/ ?; p& A
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new # H( d& V' {( N- t: I4 M7 |; m
equipment. 7 R& W/ A& M: D4 \! B) d
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+ o/ ^, O! o' N& NAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
- g8 I+ [9 U' u  Ufuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
" }4 L, [. d# \9 x4 acapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas
+ l) }# f+ @( M! v  q4 Y4 R; qavailable at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
8 ~4 N! O  ]) H' o2 F, w, ]- nproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
5 g" R' N! s0 S9 C" _" Z, Uoil wells. " s3 m: s3 b* r* |( M
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
4 m( F: M+ b, O$ Z* M/ [source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the
" K6 P5 f. |, g0 R8 f4 N, \& Pprice of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world
" b% y( U+ e$ o- n6 h" gchanging. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
+ B# P  C0 I* A( P3 ], U( Mto control oil prices. 0 B3 p5 P& V7 s) }5 _
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% g/ ?6 ?% i' r  LWith the above scenario, I still believe that there are under % H. _% ^  o5 M
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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IAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ... . G% r' ~% X0 O; C/ S. f0 m6 V- z( ^

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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN 4 u) ~2 X& l2 H; F+ S+ h
2009 ... FYI-Only
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